I live in the states and fly Mode One as this was the help I could find, when I started out. Mode One has many advantages, however it is not better, only different. I don't fly helicopters excepting on my simulator and I fly them Mode One. To infer that to fly helicopters one must do so in Mode Two, is ludicrous. Since I have always flown Mode One, I naturally think pitch with my left thumb and roll with my right. I guess I don't understand why people seem to think a Mode One flyer would need to change to Mode Two to fly "eggbeaters"! Planeheli, your espousal is not the first I've heard on this tale.